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Workforce Management for Call Centers: What You Need to Know

Playvox

Call center workforce management is the art and science of having the right number of agents available at the right times to answer an accurately forecasted volume of incoming customer contacts at the service level standard set by a contact center while minimizing cost. Does your spreadsheet do all that?

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3 Things to Consider When Picking a Call Center Workforce Management Software

Fonolo

When it comes to call center workforce management, be sure your software entails these three functions: Forecasting tools. It requires detailed data collection and analysis of all customer communications, history, and metrics to predict the number of inbound calls for a future given time period (week, month, quarter).

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The Morale Doctor is In

Monet Software

How to treat employee burnout and reinvigorate call center engagement for the long haul. Do you feel it spreading through your contact center workforce? That sense of ennui, stagnation or general “blah” that creeps up on agents and saps their energy and enthusiasm? Loss of confidence.

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The Importance of Accurate Forecasting for Omnichannel Volume

Playvox

WFM systems enable organizations to gain insights into such business metrics as the exact number of employees needed to complete a particular job at a given time of the day, week, or month. and scheduling the correct number of agents with the right skills at the right time to handle the expected volume of transactions.